===== 📦 Product & Component Overview =====

**Products & Services** module helps you manage everything you make, buy, sell, or consume in production.

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**🏷️ Product Types**

When creating a new item, you’ll select one of the following types:

  * 📦 **Product** — Physical item (can be stocked)
  * ⚙️ **Component** — Raw or semi-finished material used in manufacturing
  * 🧾 **Service** — Intangible offering (e.g., design fee, delivery)

Each type can have:

  * ✅ Buy and/or sell status
  * 📊 Stock management (enabled for products/components)
  * 💸 Cost and selling price
  * 🔢 Product codes, barcodes, and categories

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**🔁 Usage Across Modules**

Products and components are reused across many functions:

  * 🏗️ In **Bill of Materials (BOM)** for defining product structure
  * 📥 In **Purchase Orders** for raw material procurement
  * 🛒 In **Sales Orders** for customer delivery
  * 📦 In **Stock Management** for tracking inventory levels
  * 💰 In **Cost Calculation** for production and profit analysis

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**📎 Stockable vs Non-stockable**

  * 🟢 **Stockable** items: have inventory tracking (quantity in/out, warehouses)
  * 🔴 **Non-stockable** items: do not track stock (used for services, or virtual items)

Choose this carefully when defining a product — it affects how stock and cost behave in the system.

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**🎯 Best Practices**

  * Use clear product codes and names for consistency
  * Group items using **categories** for easier reporting
  * Activate **lot/batch tracking** if needed for traceability
  * Link **vendors** to components for purchase price history

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**📎 Related Topics**

  * [[product:registering_product|Registering Products]]
  * [[product:bill_of_materials|Bill of Materials (BOM)]]
  * [[product:product_lot_number_guidance|Product Lot Number Guidance]]